drcl Flashcards
1
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Aristotles four causes
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Material
formal
efficient/moving
- the original maker ex water bottle maker
final aka telos, the end goal/ purpose
2
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rhetoric
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knack for producing a certain kind of pleasure
ex donuts
3
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socratic method
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- we are searching for the one underlying thing that the many have in common
- questioning and then critiquing/ challenging the answer
4
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Induction
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inference of a general conclusion from particular instances ( hume) -probabilistic ex: most philosophers have a brain Kyle is a philosopher Therefore kyle probably has a brain BOTTOM UP
5
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Deduction
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inference of a particular conclusion from a general instance/ premise ( descartes, plato ) ex: all people are mortal I am a person therefore I am mortal TOP DOWN
6
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Menos Paradox
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p1. if you already know x, you cannot learn it
p2. if you don’t know x, you cannot recognize it when you encounter it
c1. whether you know or don’t know y, you cannot learn it
7
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Socrates midwife
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Because he doesn’t know, he can’t give answers, but he can help others by leading them to that answer.
8
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The world of the senses
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- Composites ( things with parts)
- changing
- many particulars
- visible: grasped via senses
9
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The world of form
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- non composites ( simple, indivisible things- in line with unity)
- unchanging
- few generalizations ( the thing in itself)
- invisible ( grasped via mind)
10
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orders of time
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particulars -> forms -> the good
11
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order of being
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the good-> forms-> particulars
12
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Good soul
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- connects to immaterial world of forms, reason ect
- happy afterlife
13
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Bad soul
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- tries to cling to body and physical realm
- unhappy afterlife
14
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hylomorphism
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every physical object is a composite of form and matter
15
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socrates
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material things -> the forms-> the good
